After the success of last year’s event, Icom Inc. has once again decided to run the D-STAR QSO party, which will be held between 0:00 on the 21st of September to 24:00 on the 23rd of September 2012 (UTC).

The goal this year is to encourage D-Star operators to make contact with other D-Star operators in as many different countries as possible by using D-STAR repeaters. The more countries a user can contact during the time period, the more entries in the prize pool they will have. More information including details of the prizes available will be announced at the end of the 2012 Tokyo Ham Fair (around August 27th).